San Antonio

Tom had a conference in San Antonio last week, and since we were already down in the Hill Country for our UTSW reunion, we joined him at the JW Marriott Resort.

We were very lucky that we got upgraded to a suite... it would have been interesting if we had all been in the same room. Was nice we didn't have to worry about Simon waking up the bigs and vice versa.

I had thought Margaret would sleep in a pack and play, but it worked out perfectly that she and Henry shared a bed.

So sweet.

Nothing better than laying in bed and watching TV.... my favorite part of hotels... and the comfy robes... got one of those, too :)

The resort had a kids area. Henry and Margaret enjoyed kicking some balls around. Beautiful weather... a bit windy, though, to Simon's dismay.

One of the best things about going with Tom was that we were able to spend some quality time with the Whitesides.

Evie was so sweet with Simon.

And it was super special that we got to meet Miss Gwyneth Mae!!

Simon and Gwennie (6 weeks apart) / Evie and Henry (4 months apart)... and Mary Pat likes to remind me that somehow I fit another kid in between them :)

Margaret Gray and Evie really got to bond this trip

We wanted to recreate Henry and Evie's picture with the Cow... had to use a make-shift Cow.

The last day we visited the resort's "water park".

Relaxing poolside

oooo, it was a bit chilly with the wind. We visited the kids' pool first.

I was surprised that Henry went down this slide. I know it doesn't look like much, but he's quite the cautious child.

What was REALLY crazy, is that Henry went down one of the 275 foot tube slide, half of it was in complete darkness (he'll tell you it was "pitch dark!"), by himself, twice.

Snoozin in the shade

So glad Mary Pat, Evie, and Gwyneth got to join us. Kids had a blast swimming together.

The last night, Tom went out to dinner with some colleagues. The kids and I got to enjoy room service. They thought it was so fun... and I have to admit, so did I.

I had debated on whether we should have stayed with Tom or go home, and I am so glad we did stay. We had so much fun.